thats why the chicken outside US raised on small farms tastes 100x times better
I hate use of hyperbole like this. It conveys no more information than "tastes better, trust me ;)", but is dressed up like it's some sort of objective rigorous measurement.
There were exceptions, but the food is generally bland, and one of these countries was Italy.
They really advertise the authenticity of ingredients, when they need to learn "salt, acid, sugar, msg, fat"
Similar experience in the other direction. Food in LA was incredibly overseasoned and in particular drinks like lemonade were extremely sweet. After a while I got used to it/had dulled my sense of taste so that this tasted "normal" and European food "bland". Luckily after some time without American food my sense of taste returned to normal.